NHL game summary from December 23, 1977

Team	1	2	3	F
Minnesota North Stars (8-21-4)	3	2	2	7
Vancouver Canucks (10-14-8)	0	2	3	5

1: MIN, Alex Pirus 9 (Steve Jensen, Tom Reid), 8:45
   MIN, Kent-Erik Andersson 5 (Steve Jensen, Brad Maxwell), 17:14
   MIN, Roland Eriksson 6 (Tim Young), 19:26 - PP
2: MIN, Tim Young 6 (Pierre Jarry, Dean Talafous), 6:16
   VAN, Gerry O'Flaherty 1 (Pit Martin), 13:07
   VAN, Rick Blight 10 (Mike Walton), 15:33 - PP
   MIN, Roland Eriksson 7 (Fred Barrett, Tom Reid), 18:01
3: MIN, Roland Eriksson 8, 6:02
   VAN, Don Lever 7 (Mike Walton, Rick Blight), 13:55
   VAN, Mike Walton 17 (Dennis Ververgaert, Rick Blight), 15:35 - PP
   MIN, Tim Young 7 (Pierre Jarry), 17:05
   VAN, Garry Monahan 1 (Gerry O'Flaherty, Rick Blight), 19:41

Penalties:

1: Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Elbowing] 18:00
2: Steve Jensen, MIN [Fighting] 8:12
   Rick Blight, VAN [Fighting] 8:12
   Alex Pirus, MIN [Hooking] 8:24
   Fred Barrett, MIN [Interference] 14:12
3: John Grisdale, VAN [Interference] 2:08
   John Grisdale, VAN [Cross checking] 6:42
   Larry Goodenough, VAN [Slashing] 10:25
   Brad Maxwell, MIN [Hi-sticking] 11:53
   Ron Sedlbauer, VAN [Fighting] 14:25
   Brad Maxwell, MIN [Slashing, Fighting] 14:25
   Rick Blight, VAN [Hooking] 17:30

Penalty time: MIN: 18 minutes
              VAN: 20 minutes

MIN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Pete Lopresti	1	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Barrett	3	D	0	1	1	2	1	2
Jerry Engele	4	D	0	0	0	0	1	1
Brad Maxwell	5	D	0	1	1	9	-1	0
Doug Hicks	6	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
Glen Sharpley	7	C	0	0	0	0	0	6
Kent-Erik Andersson	8	RW	1	0	1	0	0	4
Alex Pirus	10	RW	1	0	1	2	2	4
Harvey Bennett	11	C	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Steve Jensen	12	LW	0	2	2	5	3	3
Per-Olov Brasar	14	C	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Dean Talafous	15	C	0	1	1	0	2	2
Pierre Jarry	16	LW	0	2	2	0	2	1
Tim Young	17	C	2	1	3	0	3	3
Tom Reid	20	D	0	2	2	0	2	0
Roland Eriksson	22	C	3	0	3	0	1	4
Lou Nanne	23	D	0	0	0	0	2	0
Tom Younghans	29	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							15	33

VAN Player Data	#	Pos	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	+/-	Shots
Mike Walton	4	C	1	2	3	0	-1	1
Sheldon Kannegiesser	5	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
Dennis Kearns	6	D	0	0	0	0	-2	3
Pit Martin	7	C	0	1	1	0	0	2
Rick Blight	8	RW	1	3	4	7	1	3
Don Lever	9	C	1	0	1	0	-1	3
Dennis Ververgaert	10	RW	0	1	1	0	-1	0
Chris Oddleifson	14	C	0	0	0	2	-3	0
Hilliard Graves	15	RW	0	0	0	0	-3	0
Ron Sedlbauer	17	LW	0	0	0	5	-2	3
John Grisdale	18	D	0	0	0	4	0	1
Jere Gillis	21	LW	0	0	0	0	0	3
Gerry O'Flaherty	23	LW	1	1	2	0	2	3
Garry Monahan	24	LW	1	0	1	0	0	1
Harold Snepsts	27	D	0	0	0	0	-2	1
Larry Goodenough	28	D	0	0	0	2	-2	1
Jack McIlhargey	29	D	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Cesare Maniago	30	G	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)							-15	27


Shots: MIN: 13-12- 8-33
       VAN:  9-10- 8-27

Goalies: MIN: Pete LoPresti (W, 8-18-3)
         VAN: Cesare Maniago (L, 5-9-5)

Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Malcolm Ashford, Randy Mitton

Attendance: n/a

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